Gulf Coast campaign

Gulf Coast campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date 1779–1781 Location British West Florida Result Decisive Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain  France  United States	Great Britain Waldeck-Pyrmont  Choctaw  Creek
Commanders and leaders
Bernardo de Gálvez José Calbo de Irazabal José Solano y Bote Juan Manuel de Cagigal François Aymar de Monteil William Pickles	John Campbell Alexander Dickson John Payne

John Campbell
Alexander Dickson

The Gulf Coast campaign or the Spanish conquest of West Florida in the American Revolutionary War, was a series of military operations primarily directed by the governor of Spanish Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez against the British province of West Florida. Begun with operations against British positions on the Mississippi River shortly after Britain and Spain went to war in 1779, Gálvez completed the conquest of West Florida in 1781 with the successful siege of Pensacola.

Spain officially entered the American Revolutionary War on May 8, 1779, with a formal declaration of war by King Charles III. This declaration was followed by another on July 8 that authorized his colonial subjects to engage in hostilities against the British. When Bernardo de Gálvez, the colonial Governor of Spanish Louisiana received word of this on July 21, he immediately began to secretly plan offensive operations. Gálvez, who had been planning for the possibility of war since April, intercepted communications from the British at Pensacola indicating that the British were planning a surprise attack on New Orleans; he decided to launch his own attack first. To that end, he concealed from the public his receipt of the second proclamation.

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